Oedipus

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D, creator; Peiper, Rudolf, 1834-1898, editor; Richter, Gustav, 1838-1904, editor

  1. sed gravis et ater incubat terris vapor:
  2. obtexit arces caelitum ac summas domos
  3. inferna facies, denegat fructum Ceres
  4. adulta, et altis flava cum spicis tremat,
  5. arente culmo sterilis emoritur seges,
  6. nec ulla pars immunis exitio vacat,
  7. sed omnis aetas pariter et sexus ruit,
  8. iuvenesque senibus iungit et gnatis patres
  9. funesta pestis, una fax thalamos cremat
  10. fletuque acerbo funera et questu carent,
  11. quin ipsa tanti pervicax clades mali